The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-16 00:00:00

AND commvaciAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general Discount Market there is a rather active demand for accommodation, and the rates have advanced to 5.1- - . 4 per cent. for even the best short dated paper. This change in affairs has been produced by the liquidation of a large number of railway deb3utures, and the necessary requirement for the arrangement of the fortnightly account at the Stock Exchange, which, owing to the recent extensive transactions in Bank and other shares, now diverts a very large sum from ordinary channels. Thero was a withdrawal of £280,000 in gold from the Bank yesterday for transmission to Spain. The bar silver by the last West India packet has been sold at 5s lid per ounce. In the Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no material change. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £440,660, and the exports to X 758,502, • 1111 M•1•••••••=11 Two o'CLocK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40c. Flat. • The English Stock Market to-day has presented an unusually quiet appearance, the aggregate number of bargains recorded being extremely few. There is a larger absence of the members than has been known, even on Saturday, for a considerable period, the 'want of diaturbing e2.neoa to influence speculation, and the fineness of the weather having induced a great many to make holiday. Consols con tinue at 90a- 1 for money, and at 901 91 for account. The New Threes and Reduced are 891 90, India 5 per Cents. 1041 ; and Exchequer Bills, Bs. die. to par. There is very little animation or alteration in the Foreign Market. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69f, 70; do. Consolides, 51i4 ; Mexican, ex all, 29k ; do. New, 26; 271; Greek, 24125 ; Spanish Passive, 291 ; ; do. Certificates, 101; Portuguese, 474 481; Italian, 671 681, and the Confederate Loan, 77k 781. The dealings in the Riilway Share Market have been rather limited, and prices have in most in stances shown less firmness. Great Eastern have declined 11; North Western, Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln, Midland, and South Eastern each 1 ; and Great Northern, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, and North Eastern, Berwick, The Foreign and Colonial lines remain iliac. tive at previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dealt in to an average extent, and prices generally are well sus tained. Agra and Masterman have improved to 150 151 ; London and Colonial' to 24:- 25 ; and Credit Mobilier to 10i. BRITISHIFUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug. 9 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894..~ Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Aunuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red bee Telegraph), Aug. 1903 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 31 per Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO .. 8 dis Bank England Stk, 5/ per Ct. — Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10} per Cent,, April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent, July, 1870 1)0 Account Du 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 per Cent,, Jan. 1872 .. Do Of per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent,, Aug. 1866 Dv bonds SI,UUO . Do under £l,OOO .... 6 dis FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Do 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4/ per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 .. -- Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account .. Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent ... Do 3 pe t C en t. Colombian 6 p er C en t 721 81 Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1826 . Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Egyptian 7 per„ Cent.. lO2l Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, en-Coupons.. Do Account Do Coupons Do Account.... Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account 291 1 / Do 6 per C en t, 186 4 Do Fren c h S cr i p, E x. 25f 20c dis Do 6 p er C en , . Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent New Granada Do Account Do 2 per Cent. • .. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Doi per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 [V° Account 4B n 8} Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O/ 1 Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 3 tier Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch .... Do Scrip, £3O paid 4t pm Sarlinian 5 per Cent Do Account S paniel 3 per Cent ID° Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 291 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. Account Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1851 pm Do Account 9l} Do 6 par Cent. 1858 Do Account 7l/ 21 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 . Do Account .. Do £lOO Bonds 691 70 Do 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela 3 per Cant. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account .... 671 Do Scrip £3O paid ......... ......... dis Do per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. 13 elgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f A.ccount D utch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Do 4 per Cent. Certificates It ren ch Rentes, 2 por Cent _— 25° Pe a cc0unt.......... pizll:.tu Dollar B on d s, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. ntese, 5 per Cent., En. 25f Cons o l s TWO O'CLOCK. M oney Do Ace °wit. .. ............ Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Markef opened very strong. Sales probably 12,000 bales. MEBIORI A I- ----,..),T r i— w --- iiii: The committee of working men formed for the purpose of raising subscriptions to erect a memorial atone and tablet, with suitable inscrip tion, over the remains of Waehington Wilks, in Norwood have requested Mr IL Moore, 25, Bart-gtreet, Cemetery, Blemsbury, to act as treasurer, and rde Hartwell, of 10, Belt court, Fleet•street, as h en. is intended t o b e p l a i n b ut a s ecretary. Th e memorial ppro p r iate, and any amount r aised beyond th a t requ i red for this object will be handed over to the treasurer of the fund now raising for the benefit of the widow and six children of the deceased. 'rho Emperor Nap)leon will not this year attend 50Y public concerts or theatrical representations at Vichy. Ills Majesty has decided on availing himself of a couplet© 4Pose. Ile attends only to the most urgent demands of State, which are got over at an early hour in the ping, With the assists got of :4, Iklocquard, CONEY MARKET! SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOMS. 3harel Railways. p a i d. Closing I Business I Price. I done. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall S Si 9 9i 85 $7 124 125 6 7 D o A A Bete no di% D o. B till lipc.pan.has (been paid to 14. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. lasg. and S. Western.' G'reatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern 35 36 16 17 90 92 106 IGB 44 50) Do A stock Do LS do Gt. S. awl W. of Irelane Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Biackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sivith Western Shef., & Linooin. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares.. s Tetropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby did. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiot Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E. ' Aber. stool, Do Scot Mid, stock Shrews, and Welohpoo Shropshire Union 3v t.tiaDc - rola . • ....... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 G. Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R ' West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Herelord 7i S 139 141 158 160 128 132 90 9 711 721 1101 120 72 74 105 107 46 47 117 k /181 974 98t 641 65i 1131 il4, 1381 139 108 110 54 (5i 25 t 8 ICBb IC9, 634 611 NI 974 126 129 14 241 78 80 101 11i 126 130 36 38 58 60 35 17 94i 44a -- 104 106 8 9 371 381 94 10 , 165 74 1701 8 p 6. 7 t 3 4 p 105 110 35 37 13.14, 8t 10 St et 50 20 4.163 12.10 100 100 100 100 100 BRITISH POSSE itallways ktlantio tt, St Lawrene( Bona.,Baroda,t.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per pent... Do. New . ...... Do. E. Shares Binlalo and .Laxe Huron Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrlch 6 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 18: elcutta.&S.Eastn.(Lf, Cape Town Dock Scrii filastn. Bengal gu. S p. l East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndtaPemn.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Share RN Sk 20 204 10 00 tOO 100 stock itmk stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stock stook stook stook 20 stock 60 100 Do. New .. - Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. Sf p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras g uar., 5 P. 0 - -- Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. 44 d 0........ stock stock Do. kith Extension. Melb.Corp. a p. c. Bnds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. C. litortg. Eds. Newßrunswick et Cands' Class A and B. N. itl.C'da6 pa Ist li bds & hide Do. Delhi Do. do .. ..,,q1 Do. Punjaub .... ( t ie' (.. Do. Do. ........ , um Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1 Paid. all 100 7i all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 IKONS. Closing Price. - 59 61 101 i 1021 park p O 6 8 9 77 82 77 8! 77 82 98 100 98 100 104 106 , IG2 t i 104 19 20 P 72 74 61 64 66 68 55 57 48 5: 43 15 29 31 28 30 103 104 * p 101 IC2 91 10 101 194,1 89 ill 82 81 d fp On 101 i 95 97 90 92 Bto4k Business dont 103 i 191 20 73 1041 31 i all 100 (100 ' 100 l al 100 57 59 S 5 82 84 101} 101 100§ 1014 pr ip 100 i IU4 94 96 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. can.Uov. p.c.Ja. .IrJ uly 1877-81..... 100 100 101 99} Do. Ap. c. Feb. A Aug. 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c. Mar. A Sept. 100 102 IC4 Do. p. o. Jan.&July. 10C 87 8 j Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 87 81 Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,187:1 100 104 106 Do.Ap A Oct 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189( 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 'Ceylon Nov 1878 6p c 100 111 11 3 Mauritius 6 Per cent .. 100 194 106 Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 100 196 101 -- N.B.Gov. 6p.c.Ja.&Jul) 100 93 101 1)o. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1861 100 97 9 9 Du. sp. c. , 1871 t 0137( 100 97 98 Do. d0.,1888 Aupwch 100 97 98 97j 81 8 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 .. . ..... 100 100 102 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 103 105 S. Aus G6p.c.1678.8c up.. 100 106 108 Vlc.G ov.Ja.drJuly 100 Do. to 6ma AD.AOct.. 100 109} not, 110 k BRITISH MINES. 2 j Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 3d iclifford Amalgamated.. 31 33 ;Devon G. Cone. (Tavist.) 1 570 680 - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 65 67 East Clogau Gold Ltd. —.— East Caradon . 283 291 271 - l East Cana Brea... 3.4.0 7 73 E. W'lltussel (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 43 5 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 581 7 9 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 23 2/ G. Wheal Vor (Heist= 40 29 31 29 Grenville 6.16. t 63 73 El emd'a-Foot 8.12 68 40 El ingston D0wn5...... 4.18.0 3/ 43 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 93 8 10 M arke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 2; It 1 d New Setun • 161 75 85 - • North Downs 23 13 2 Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 13 13 North Wheal Croity l'ar Consols (St. Blaze); 20 Providenee(Uny Lelnt., 10.0.7 38 40 South Caradon(SLCleer, 11 455 475 3. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, 18.18.9 45 60 Stray Park 30.17.5 28 30 - Pamar Silv.& Lead MM. - fin Croit u 163 173 173 - West Basset (Illogan) l3 9 10 IV Cr radon (Liskeard; 5 15 17 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan ) 53 873 61 Wheal Buller(itedruth) 10 27 29 Wheal Kitty (17.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann :den ) 8 13 15 Wheal Lleton . 583 220 230 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 IVheal Union 3.17 13 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 86 PREFEISENCE SHARES AND STOCE.S. Greet Enntern lit per cent. pf., 92 Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. ii,lant LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. East Lincoln, gUR. 6 per cent.. 132 Hull and Selby, 11 t Preston and Wyre, 411 4 Shrew.bury and Hereford, 132 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent,, 17} Great Luxembourg . , 111 San Paulo (hm.), gua. 7 per cent.. I,GI South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 21} FOREIGN MINE& Cape Copper, lim,, 11 Cobre Copper, 34 St. John del Key (11m.), 30 1 BANKS. Agra and Mtsterman's Ditto (£5), 29 (lira.), 151 50/ 1 Ditto, new, 69 Alliance (limo, 70 69} An Anglo Aurian 7 1 1 glo-Itali st an, limited, 91 8 1 Australasia, 72/ If Ditto, new, 55 Bank of British Columbia, 11 Bank of London. 180 81 Bank of Utago, iim ., 31 4 Chartered British and Californian, Urn., 8 tr 1 Bank of India, Ausalia, and:Cidnirlol 1 Ditto, new, 3sf City, 146 5 7 Commercial Bank of India and the East , Ditto, issued at 10 pm., Consolidated Bank, lira., 121 a Continental, lim., East London, lim., 8/ European Bank, lim. , 15 / Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 3 5 i1 Ditto, new, 231 3 Imperial Bank of India, China, and Japan, lim., 6 5/ Imperial Ottoman, 181 o Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 6 London and Braank of Mexico and S. America, 71 7 London aim.), 521 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, London Chartered Bank of Australia, 2:6 London and Colonial (11m0, 231 London London, Joint Hamburg toek, So t E xchange, lim,, 16) London and South African, 251 2 1 6 Merchant Bank, MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 23 British Indian Tea, lim., 8i City Offices, lim., Continental Union Gas, Um., 7 Contract Corporation, Credit Fonder, 13k Credit Fancier of Mauritius, lim„ 4 Credit 94 101 Crystal Palace, 33 o East Indian Financial, lim., 54 -1 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., Electric Telegraph, 1071 100 all all all all 100 100 100 16.13.41 TEE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1864. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL RACES-FRIDAY. The Bickerstaffe Stakes of 100 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr olds ; colts, 3st 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; certain penalties and allowances. 1 mile. 3 subs. Mr W. S. Cartwright's Ely, Bst 101 b .. (Edwards) w.o. The Liverpool St. Leger of 25 soya each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bstfilb. About 11 miles. 8 subs. Mr Bowes's Claremont, Bst 101 b (Ashman) w.o. The Scurry Handicap of 50 sous ; for all ages. T.Y.C. A Lesson in Oratory. (From the Late Times of this day.) It is impossible to witness unmoved a battle of the giants, and the great debate of last week deserves to be so called Oratory is se essentially a part of the education and busi ness of a lawyer, that to every member of the profession a conflict of orators has an interest, apart from the subject of the strife. It is a lesson to be learned, a study by which to profit. Thus critically viewed by the advocate's Bye, it must be admitted that the lawyers were excelled by the civilians. The Attorney-General has been seldom less effec tive than upon this occasion, so calculated to inspire to the loftiest display of his art. His argument was not forcibly presented, and his pereoration was feeble. Perhaps he had prepared it too carefully beforehand. There are some speakers, and we suspect that the Attorney- General is one of them, who speak better under the impulse of the moment than when they write and com mit to memory, and for this reason, that in preparation their good taste restrains the fl)w of words in which feeling finds vent, and the cold correctness of the study chills the fervour of debate, and contrasts unpleasantly with the excitement that surrounds the speaker, Mr Whiteside was far more effective, bat he fell short of himself, and perhaps for the same reason. But Mr Whiteside is a natural orator, which Sir Roundel! Palmer is not, and therefore previous study of a speech is likely to diminish its power, though it may improve its art. It is much to be regretted that Sir Hugh Cairns was not heard on this grand occasion, which would have suited well his peculiar oratory, the characteristic of which is power. There is no living lawyer who can put an argument into so telling a form as he, and though he rarely rises to positive eloquence, he is always convincing. 'The greatest speech of the debate—viewed as a work of art—was that of Mr Horan:Lan. It had every quality of a grand oration, and will well repay the careful examination of the student of oratory. It was most artistically con•• etructed, rising with regular steps to the climax, each part in its right place, all leading to the conclusion—no part of it overlaid with ar g um ent—scarcely a superfluous word—the invective carefully measured —the eloquence chastely sub dued—fraught with matter not hidden in a cloud of words —in fact, a model speech. That it was written and com- witted to memory was manifest; no man could utter such perfect sentences and polished irony on the impulse of the moment; but, unlike the Attorney-General, who has the coolness—perhaps some will call it the coldness—of the by feelings which, though the w or d s were spo k en f rom th e lawyer,memory M ry and H dn o o r t sm fr a o n has mthesmtrohnadg emotions and was inspired , infused their own bitter ness and gave to them the effe c t o f extempore utterance. Next to his comes the speech of Mr Cobden, remarkable for being more than mere invective, for the enunciation of a definite policy. Our business, however, is with its art, and not its argument. It was pregnant with matter, the manifest product of a thoughtful mind address ing itself to the intelligence of its audience. Hence it may be termed a weighty speech, but not a heavy one. On the contrary, it was impossible not to listen, and so clearly were the arguments put, and in such plain language expressed, that the shallowest could understand him thoroughly. The reason of this singular clearness, that characterises all the speeches of Mr Cobden and was so pre-eminently ex hibited last week, is that he is a clear thinker. Muddy and confused speakers are such because their ideas are confused y have thoughts, when a t h n e d y m h u a d v d e y o . n y T t h h o e y s h t h a d i n o k w s t h o o f t tthhoeughts, dim and shape less conceptions that float across the mind and are never reduced to form, and glimpses of argu men t s th a t a re never followed through from their fi rst steps to t h e i r conclusions. Mr Cobden speaka what he thinks as he thinks, and hence the charm of his oratory to the intelligent, his influence even when putting forth unpopular doctrines, and the pleasure with which he is always heard and read. The third great speech of the debate was that of Mr Gladstone. But it was not one of his greatest efforts. He has made grander orations in the Same arena on lesser occasions, Nevertheless, his speech is a study, especially if taken in connection with the others we have named, differing as he dues from all of them in style. Upon the whole Mr Gladstone is the most complete and perfect orator of his time, embracing more of the sub stance with ornament, good matter and graceful manner, the rulesadndwhtheenart this of is oratory, His speeches are not written, an in mind, it will be with borne astonishment that we receive the continuou s s t ream o f a pt words constructing perfect sentences whi c h fl ows f rom hi s lips for hours t oge th er , expressed in to nes i n w hi c h na t ure has given the charm of music and flexibility. Add to this, that he utters the genuine thought of the moment, and the sources of his influence over an audience will be understood. He would indeed be all powerful but for one characteristic, which might be deemed a defect, were it not that much of the excellence of his oratory is probably due to it. His strangely subtle intellect is so constructed, that whatever may be the proposition or the purpose of the moment, it crowds upon him every argument, insomuch that he can adduce in a moment overwhelming reasons for any policy, any purpose, or even any principle that may present itself, and for the time ho is perfectly sincere in his advocacy. This is the simple explanation of his strange contradictions of opinion and action, seldom the same for six months together, yet each in turn held with equal honesty, and maintained with equal ability and genuine eatnestness. His speeches manifest that Mr Gladstone's mind is ever overflowing with thoughts. He is a true improvisatore. Set him any theme whatever, and he would discourse upon it or about it with ease and fluency, and what he says will be certain to be well said and worth listening to ; for he has a vast and varied knowledge, and the student may see in his example the importance to an orator of a large store of information, and the confirmation of a truth which cannot be too often repeated—that there is no scrap of knowledge picked up by a man anywhere or at any time that does not at some time come into use. The only other speech rising much above the ave rage was that of Mr Bernal Osborne. But it was remark able, not for its accordance with the rules of oratorical art, but for its eccentricity. It was extremely amusing, and that is a quality certain to recommend a speaker to an audience. Shouts of laughter pleasantly break the mono tony of a grave debate, and the more grave the subject the more grateful the relief, and the more welcome the orator who can relax the lips. But comic oratory must be born with a man ; no art can produce it. If, however, the reader finds in himself the faculty, he will see in Mr Osborne's speech what good can be made of it, and how it may be turned to the best account. The speech of Mr Disraeli was unequal, and, on the whole, inferior to many of its predecessors. His is essen tially the epigrammatic style, and nothing if it is not bril liant.greatest wh en he can flash wit, eloquence, or sarcasm, jie is carefully prepared, hut used with such artistic effect as to wear the aspect of inspiration. The speech of last week was less brilliant than usual, perhaps because he was compelled to devote the greater portion of it to quo tations from and reference to blue books ; but his case was brought forward with a skill which would have been ad mired in a practised advocate, and the oration may be studied as a specimen of the manner in which a case may be made and presented. straightforward, ) unaffected thought, clothed in language equally plain and Powerful, General Peel was al:letence of oratory, has feeli ngs pre-eminent. His speech was admirable in taste and tone, and the student will learn from it how eff3ctive a speaker can an d merely gives expression in the language and opinions, they prompt to the emotions. and convictions that are in hi m . It is said that this unadorned speech was more tell 1-Fehro,pwlaiitnh,osattraci ing with his audience than all the splendid orations we have been reviewing• If so it v va , , , is a it proof that common sense is, after all, the P rir aarY qualification for a speaker, and that the other ingredients are graces and ornaments, that have their value, bat are not indispensable. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET BRUTAL ASSAULT BY A BETTING MAN.—Edward Smith, a betting man, well known about Coventry-street, was charged before Mr Knox with wilfully assaulting Richard Jeffs, a drayman employed by the City of London Brewery Company, Thames-street, The complainant said that on the previous afternoon he was at the corner of Panton-street, about to get on his dray, when the prisoner gave him a blow in the mouth. He had a struggle with the prisoner, and both fell, and on get ting up, the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the bead vith a very thick stick, inflicting a bad wound. He was comiolled to go to Charing-cross Hospital to have his head dressed, and had to go again that morning. Mr Knox told the complainant that on the previous afternoon, fi n a.ing that he was not abll to give evid ence , having been Orillking, ho had ordered the case to come an this morning. A gentleman na:ned Bigg proved seeing the prisoner strike the complainai't in the mouth, and afterwards strike him on the head with a stick. Tho complainant was not sober at the time. Sergeant Lees, 9 C, proved going after the priooner, who ran away as soon as he had assaulted the complainant, and taking him into custody. In answer to Mr Knox, the vrgeant said he believed the affair arose out of " chaffing " that had been going on, it being known in the neighbourhood that the man could not stand it. The prisoner wished the case postponed, that he might call witnesses to prove that the drayman insulted a young girl. Mr Knox said that, whatever the origin of the affair, the prisoner had no business to use a thick heavy stick like that produced, and give a man such a blow as he had inflicted; besides, it was shown that the prisoner had struck the first blow. He would not postpone the case, for he knew what the result would be. The prisoner said the drayman had his whip in his hand, and all he did was to protect himself. Mr Bigg said that was not true. Mr Knox ordered the prisoner to pay a flue of £5, or be committed for a month with hard labour. aTIPPING-TRIS DAY, LoNnog, July 16 -.-'Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breez_a st i nd ~ fine weather. CARDIFF, July 15 . —w n " N, `V.--Sailed--Mai;! of Athens, for Pernambuco.__n_ 11.. Z —Arrived—Northern Light, from Havannah. . KINGROAD, —Wind Bz_ . CLIMB, July 15. Arriv • ed—Wolverme, from Montreal. 14.—Wi nd DARTMOUTH, Jab' S.E.—Sai!ed—Adele, N,B. Sailed— for Kingston, Jamaica. Wind r... FALMOUTH, July 15. -1 " ~,° . 6-- Arrived—Frederick Itßaitlttzicta,iffo,rfrßomriotoi. Sunderland for t. John:B, Arrived, (BY mlalaTic TELEctitivno GRonsEND, S a t ur d ay Morn i ng; July 15 _, Atun a and j ohn, from Antwerp— Crapiud, from Guernsey. Arrrived, July IG—Peter ant, and Joht,„ from Ostend—Mo eelle, from Antwerp— !). ride from, Tonning—Agatha H Albert, from , , from Havre—Prince Albert, from Aalborg. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, July 15—seagai f ro m London f or H avre — Arthur Jones, from Loudonfor Bay onne—Ocean Brig, from London for Galatz. Passing—Two American men of war, outside the Good win, from the west for the east. A schooner was observed on shorn at dayligh t thi s morn ing on the off part of the Goodwin. A ING BANKRUPT.— OZ ence sonaDeVtEinaNeTtlaßgEos the A firmN A B o s c f and Co., cloth morchants, Leeds, became bankrupt) or rather executed a deed of assignment for the benefit of creditors, and John Spence, the managing partner, was permitted to assist in realising the estate. Ho obtained LSOLUO £15,000 in this manner, and with that sum absconded with two or three young men, who had assisted him, to America. On the fact becoming known, Inspector Hunt, of the Leeds detec tive force, was sent after him, and at length found him at Newton, in Connecticut. Then, however, it appeared that his associates had robbed him of £9,000. He had given one of them into custody, but then went bail for him for 10,000 dollars, which sum was forfeited. This had considerably reduced his exchequer. and Inspector Hunt was only able to obtain £5OO of the £15,000, with which sum he returned to Liverpool in to Scotia on Saturday, WESTMINSTER. AN AWKWARD ACCIDENT.—CharIes Southey was charged with wilfully breaking a carriage window. Mr John Bostock, an officer in the army, said that the defendant, at 11 o'clock last night, broke the window of a brougham belonging to a lady named Coney. Witness was in company with her at the South Kensington Museum, and upon her carriage being called they got in, but ware followed by the defendant, who dashed his hand through one of the windows and the glass fell on the lady's lap. Mr Selfe— What do you suppose was the cause of the act ? Mr Bostock—l suppose it was because we had not given him anything. There were a number of these men about creating confusion, and asking if they should fetch car riages, and running after others demanding money.' Defendant—lt was quite an accident, your worship, it must have been, because if it was not I should have cut myself. Mr Selfe—This gentleman says you broke the window with your hand. Do you deny that ? Defendant—l don't deny it, but it was an accident. I followed the carriage and tapped at the window certainly, but I did not mean to break it. Mr Selfe—What right had you to follow the carriage and tap at the window at all ? Defendant—l said, "Pray, remember me," because I had fetched the carriage and they had not given me any thing. If I had hit the glass hard to break it I would have cut myself. Mr Bostock—The man who fetched the carriage, as we supposed, was paid; we had no notion that this man had any claim upon us. Mr Selfe ordered the defendant to pay the amount of damages, and said that if he did not before four o'clock he would certainly commit him to gaol. THAMES. A TOWER-HILL ROBBERY.—Thomas Sinclair, a well known thief, about 17 years of age, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with stealing a silk handkerchief from the person of Captain Burley, of Boston, in Lincolnshire. The prosecutor, who is the master of the ship Caroni, was passing over the " thieves' paradise," which has for the last three centuries been infested with crimps, swindlers, magamen, and pickpockets day and night, when he felt a tug at his coat-pocket, and on turning round saw the pri soner putting a silk handkerchief, the property of the captain into his pocket. Captain Burley seized the fellow and said "That is my handkerchief:" "Indeed, sir," replied the thief, very coolly, and taking the handkerchief from his pocket, " then it is at your service," and gave it to the prosecutor. The prisoner then ran away. The captain pursued him and soon overtook him near the Trinity Rouse, on the top of the hill. John Curtis, of the City police, No. 543, said he knew the prisoner well, and that he had been for a long time hanging about Tower-hill and Billingsgate doing no work. The prisoner, who was fat and plump, said ho was very hungry, and that made him take the gentleman's 'kerchief. Mr Paget sentenced the prisoner to one month's impri sonment and hard labour. A SHARP ERRAND BOY.—James Jackson, a boy aged 14, was brought before Mr Paget charged with stealing 15s 4d, the moneys of Mr John Leftwich, wholesale and retail cheesemonger, Nos. 11 and 12, Bedford place, Commercial road, Stepney. The prisoner had been recommended to the prosecutor as a sharp errand boy, and entered his service on Monday last. Nothing particular occurred on that day. On Tues day morning the prisoner was dispatched to the house of Mr Edward Smith, in Broad-street, Wapping, with some butter, cheese, and bacon, and a bill for the same. He delivered the goods to Mr Smith, and received 15s 4d, the money for the same, with which he absconded. A detec tive officer, named James Briden, No. 4 K, was engaged to detect the sharp errand boy, and met with him this morning at half. past one o'clock, and in very questionable company. The prisoner admitted hie guilt, and said "I see my folly now." Mr Iseftwpah aimed the magistrate to dispose of the case summarily. Mr Paget said he could not comply with the request, and committed the prisoner for trial. MARKETS--This Days COVENT GARDEN. Our market continuo to be well supplied with produce. Fruit commands a steady sale, and vegetables are in mode rate request. The currency is as follows; FRUIT. s. d. S. d. Pine apples 5 0 to 7 0 Colonial do., each 1 6 to 6 0 Grapes,per lb 2 0 to 5 0 Foreign do 0 0 to 0 0 Melons . Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 3 to 2 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..3 0 to 12 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 8 0 Gooseberries hi sve2 6 to 3 6 Strawberries pr pt 0 3 to 0 6 B. d. Et d Mulberries, pr pt..o oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 1 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz, .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches ..... 0 oto 0 0 Currants, perilsv 3 6to 4 0 Plums, per d 0... 0 o to 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 3 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 6to 1 0 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 0 Red ditto 0 OSo 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 1) Cauliflowers, pdz 0 oto 2 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoll sprouts 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 70 0 t 0123 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do s6to 7 Cos lett, score .. 0 6too 10 Cucumbers 0 3to 1 0 Mint and savory.. 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 1 oto 1 6 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillibs, per ditto 0 oto 0 o Onions, doz. ,bn 1 oto 2 0 , Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 New Do., dz bun 0 otoo. 0 ' Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach o 4to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 2 ito 4 0 Brussels sprouts 0 OSo 0 0 I Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(TIIis Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) HOPLEY V. HOPLEY. The hearing of this case was resumed this morning. By the direction of the learned Judge the petitioner was recalled, and, in reply to his lordship, said that tho rent of the cot age at Uckfield was paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the furniture of her husband. He came to live with her in July, 1860, about a month before the trial. A pro position had been made to her by her family that she should cease to live with her husband, which she refused to accede to. Mr Kerslake then addressed the jury for the petitioner, and contended that ho had fully made out the allegations in the petition. It was, he felt, too much for them to rely upon the case es presented to them by the respondent, as he could not believe they would come to the opinion that gymnastics were merely going on when the fall spoken to in the evidence was heard upstairs. The fact was that Mr Hopley, instead of pursuing a course of such exercise, was punishing his wife for her not having her lessons. It reight . lJe proper according to Mr Hopley's notiun that neither medical man or nurse were necessary at a confinement. It might be right that Mr Hopley should take charge of the child, and dress it in his peculiar style with six pairs of flannel socks on, but ho felt certain the jury will not be of that opinion. He had no doubt that Mr Hopley lied some peculiar and absurd theory, and he in the course of incul cating it had recourse to flogging children at a very tender age, and, that being the case, he put it to the jury whether it was safe that such a person should be c trusted with a young wife and children. When the respondent was in prison for causing the death of young Canceller, it was clear the letters written by the petitioner were penned under fear of the anger of her husband. They were written under the fascination that Mr Hopley had acquired over his wife, and therefore it would be well to give them their most serious ' consideration, because the petitioner knew that before they reached the hands of Mr. Hopley they would have to un dergo the supervision of his mother, to whom, previous to his trial he had made over the greater part of his property. The sum and substance of the long speech they had heard from the respondent was, " believe me and disbelieve all that has been placed before you by petitioner." He said, in effect that the whole of these proceedings had been instituted by the brother and friends of his wife out of malice and dislike to him personally, but the jury would give their opinion of the matter. In his speech Mr Hopley had availed himself, to the fullest, of the licence accorded to persons pleading their own cause, because no advocate will be allowed to make such damaging and sweeping accusa tions as he had done. The respondent said this case had been brought about by his wife's relatives by base flattery, cejolery, and deep subtlety, and that to accuse him of unkindness was the falsest and foulest untruth ever uttered in a court of justice. He did not even stop there, because he said the whole of this case was a lie of the most fearful character, hatched and developed by the brother of the petitioner, a clergyman of the Church of England. The sum and substance of the defence was that the respondent wished the jury to believe him and disbelieve all the evidence, as the witnesses had been suborned by Mr. Cobb, and that the trial was a piece of the most wicked machination ever brought against any individual. The respondent, not content with the cruelty he had inflicted on his wife previous to his in carceration, when he returned to her from gaol commenced I a series of illtreatment of the most flagrant description. He reviled her for accepting the assistance of her friends, and told her she ought to have laboured with her own hands to preserve a home for him rather than that he should be beholden to her friends for anything. He did not scruple to tell her that she might live in the house, but that never again should she be his wife, and it was then in her deep distress the petitioner began to think whether she was acting right to herself and children by submitting to treatment of the most cruel description. The plea of condonation was a most miserable one, and he felt sure the jury could not condemn a young and helpless woman to pass the rest of her days with one who had shown himself wanting in every feeling becoming a husband. He (Mr Kerslake) had no objection to the respondent being the high priest, as he likes to be styled, of his family, but he fervently hoped that his client would not be compelled, by the verdict of the jury, to again cohabit with one who had shown himself so unmanly and unfeeling. The case had not concluded when we went to press. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) THE WET TAINT AND THE LARGE cniNoLisz.—Lzvr v. I3ARTLETT. Thig was an action to recover £2, the value of a dress alleged to have been damaged by some paint in defendant's shop. Mr Buchanan, for plaintiff; said—My client had occasion to go into the defendant's shop in Bishopsgate-street a short time ago, and as sho went in some wet paint seriously al tered the oondition of her dress behind (laughter) ; defen dant's shopman called out " Mind the paint l" and she made a move, in doing which she plastered her dress in front, thus being painted both before and behind (renewed laughter). For this sho seeks to recover £2, her dress, which was a new one, being entirely spoilt. Mrs Levy said that defendant kept a cheesemonger's shop. She went in to make a purchase. Saw no notice of the wet paint. Cross-examined by Mr Vining for defendant—The crinoline was not very large—that is, it was not unusually large. There were no boards up to guard against the paint whore I stood. Mr Vining submitted that defendant was not liable. His Honour (Mr Kerr) thought that a customer was en. titled to expect a clean shop in the city of London. Mr Vining would urge that it was the duty of the plain tiff to exeroise proper care. She went into the shop to make a purchase to suit her own purpose. His Honour—She went in for a lawful purpose, and it was the duty of defendant to have given sufficient warning. Mr Vining—There were boards up to guard against the paint• . _ Mr Buchanan—There could not have been boards at the place where she rubbed. Directly a tradesman opens hie shop he invites the public to come in and purchase, and he is bound to conduct his business in such a manner that no damage shall ensue to the customer under ordinary cir cumstances. His Honour—There is a case for the Court, for de fendant must remember that in the City of London it is what is called open market. Mr Vining then called defendant's shopman, who said that he called out to Mrs Levy " Beware of paint, fOr it is wet." She had a vet y large crinoline, and admitted that it was of more extensive proportions than those usually worn. Cross-examined—No other accident happened, and there was no written notice up. His Honour thought there was no defence. Mr Vining —Plaintiff had on a large crinoline. His Honour—l cannot punish a - woman for wearing crinoline. Plaintiff can reply that she is entitled to follow the prevailing ti:shion. If a tradesman wishes to protect himself particularly, he ought to put no a notice, "No ladies with large ciit;olines served in this shop." (Laugh. ter.) I must hind for plaintiff. Verdict for pl a i n tiff with costs. INowEsT AT HonsEMUNGER-LANE GAOL.—On Thursday an inquest was held fa Horsemonger-lane Goal, relative to the death of Alice Hughes, aged 45, a prisoner, who expired suddenly on Tuesday morning. For throe months before her incatceration on Sunday evening last she had been constantly in a state of intoxication, having pledged or sold all the clothes of her children, and then com mitted theft to procure the means of further gratifying her passion. She died from delirium tremens. Verdict—Died from exhaustion, the result of intemperance. AN INVITATION TO DINNEIL—Lord Brougham has invited the House of Lords to dinner—at the Cooking Depot in the New-cut. He has been there him self, and vouches for the quality of beef, peas, and pota toes, for fourpence, and "a basin of soup, better than which their lordships never had at their own tables," for a penny - . Add a penny for beer, and we have an excellent dinner for sixpence. Here is the result of the good example set us by Glasgow. In this one depot, ;1,560 working men, some with their wives and daughters, dine daily, and, in a man ner, sumptuously. One may ask, why what cookery can do for the working man it should not do for other men ? Beef, after all, is only beef, and peas, potatoes, and soup, fit for a nobleman, if Lord Brougham is right, cannot be very bad for men who are neither noblemen nor working men. Why should a merchant's clerk have to pay eight pence or tenpence for a basin of soup when it can be sold so good for a penny f Why should he have to pay threepence for a ration of peas, when peas, potatoes, and beef, over which Lord Brougham can luxuriate, may be had for four pence ? Really this is a matter of consequence to thousands. It is a poor dinner which a merchant's clerk can get for a shilling —cow-beef, probably, and certainly no peas. To be sure, it is not necessary for him to eat peas. But why should he be perennially cut off from so innocent a luxury because his eating-house-keeper will not give him three table-spoonfuls for less than threepence ? We want a radical change in this matter of feeding. To give a work ing man, with his eighteen shillings per week, a good dinner fur sixpence, and charge a clerk, with his thirty shillings t per week, a shilling or eighteen-pence for an indieffwefcuten one, is monstrous. The Cooking Depot in the N returns a profit of 20 per cent. What fortun.eisr osftnitehne keepers of eating-houses make out of the ha/ li half tables : and youths who dine and lunch daily at their London Review. h T e o rr tte n o h u a out of fhis LEA—Yesterday, Loss OF LIFE IN THE R. -- vi rvit pro ceededil e n r y to Austin, bathe in aped thelitg,ivwerhoLerae,sidwebdca: got g depth, and being seized with thoredcr t p o w te aisdiarro;vned. MADAME MALIB RAN ( ace Phillips, in his "Musical Recollections") —w _ as undoubtedly the greatest singer that lived in his time. H er m i n d , h er energy, her know led g e of langua g es, were surprising, and her register of voice amazing. She had the lower range of the scontralto,ad g pass of the soprano, and a conception ihthertshuebhjeiegthetsrt compass of truly wonderful, In fine, she w wa genius, possessed o f marve llous power, the ro and of an intellect that rarely falls to the lot of any human being. "4$ i:' a BEQUEL3TS. 1"--. The will of Admi..rai Sir Edward Tucker, G.C.8., of Dover-street, Pic cm lilly, was proved in the Lon. don Court, on the 29th tilt., by the executors, Martin Tucker Smifil 1, his nephew, and George Robert Marten,Esqr The personalty was sworn under £30,000. Th e gallant Admiral, who attained the age of 87, bad s al an much actual service on the Mediterranean, Ind ian, and other stations, and ob tained a good-servi' :e pension in 1858. He was the son of Colonel Tye! :er, sth Dragoon Guards. His will bears date 18 62, and a codicil, 23th August, 1863, being the in onth following the demise of his wife, Lady Tuckel !. His estates in Ireland, toge ther with his pers anal property, he has left to his nephew,.Franeis 'l ?kicker, of the East Indian Civil Service, he paying £l,lOO to the testator's nephew, Cecil Turner. The will of Sara 28 Kershaw, Evq., M.P., late of Oaklands, Manche! , zer, and Streatham, Surrey, was proved in the LOT idon Court, and the personalty sworn under £3OO, 000. The executors and trustees therein nominated are Mrs. Kershaw, the relict Frederick T. rorthy and Samuel Armitage, Esqs., the sons- in -law ; Sir F ran k Crossley, Bart., WEhoscl.a're minors. A who are a l so a c s h d a r r e n n e , guardians d of Th v ot a ra e legacy of £lOO to each of them, in the character of executors. 11 to testator has made a liberal provi sion for his rel ict, and to the two sons of his late son. James he leav( a a legacy of £5,000 each ; to each of his seven daughters a legacy of £3,000, appointing them also resi inary legatees. The will bears date 1862. The testator died on the 27th of April last, aged sixty-nine. Mr. Kershaw was partner in th. e firm of Kershaw, Leese, and Sidebottom, manufe.c. turers, of Manchester —was a magistrate—was elected Mayor of Manchester in 1843, and had been M.P. for Stockfort since 1847. The will of Colonel Richard William Astell, of Everton House, Bedfordshire, formerly commasid-. lug the 3d Battalion of the Grenadier Guards,was proved in the London Court on the Ist instant by the testator's brothers and executors, John H. Astell, Esq,, M.P., and Charles Edward Astell, Esq. The personalty was sworn under £BO,OOO. The Will bears date 1857, and a codicil, September, 1862, and are in the testator's own hand-writing. The gal lant Colonel died at the age of sixty. He had retired from active service. He was a magistrate and Deputy-Lieut. for Bedfordshire. His will contains many liberal legacies. To his sister Lady Fairfax he loaves an annuity of £5OO and a legacy of £soo— his sisters Louisa St. Quinton and Harriet Par doe, each 1:10,000—and to his brothers Henry and Charles, each a like legacy of £lO,OOO (one-half of: these legacies on their decease to go to their chil dren), and liberal bequests to others of his family. The residue, real and personal, is left to his brother John Harvey 'Well, Esq. To his nurse he leaves an annuity of £3o—to his man-servant (a private in the Grenadier Guards) an annuity of £25, and to each of them a legacy of £5O, and legacies to other servants. To the poor of Everton and Tat worth XlOO, and to the Middlesex and Westminster Hospitals, the Bedford Infirmary and the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, each £lOO. All legacies are to be paid free of duty.—lllustrated London News. LONDON GAZETTES—Last Evening, CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 13. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR. LIAMENT. COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER.—Eastern Division—Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, Bart., in the room of Sir Christopher William Codrington, Bart., deceased. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JULY 15. 89th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Charles Gascoyne to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General C. G. J. Arbuth not, transferred to the 91st Foot. 91st Foot—Lieutenant-General C. G. J. Arbuthnot, from 89th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Chas. Murray Hay, deceased. ADMIRALTY, JULY 12. Royal Marine Light Intantry—First Lieutenant Robert Abernethie Brutton to be Captain, vice Bent, placed on half-pay—Second Lieutenant Henry John Lawrence Nor cock to be First Lieutenant, vice Brutton. NEW ZEALAND. The" Gazette" contains a number of despatches relative to the war in New Zealand, the substance of which we have already given. In consideration of the services mentioned in these de spatches, the following promotions have taken place : TO BE COMMANDERS. Lic utenavt George Graham Duff, date of commission 29th April, 18(34. _ _ Lieutenant Charles Frederick Hotham (so soon as he shall have completed the sea time required to qualify_him for that rank). TO BE LIEUTENANTS. Sub-Lieutenant Philip Reginald Hastings Parker. Acting Lieutenant Archer John William Musgrave (on his passing the required examinations at the Royal Naval College) ; Commissions to date 29th April, 1864. The names of Lieutenant Robert Sydney Hunt, R.N., Robert Frederick Hammick, [t.N., and of First Lieutenant Robert Ballard Gardner, of the Royal Marine Artillery, as well as of the seamen mentioned in the despatches, have been ordered to be favourably noted. In consideration also of special services in New Zealand, the follow ing further promotions have taken place, dated July 14, 1864: TO BE CAPTAIN. Commander Henry Bouchier Phillimore. TO BE COMMANDER. Lieutenant Johm Tomlinson Swann. TO BE LIEUTENANTS. Sub. Lieutenant Paul Starr. Sub-Lieutenant John Hope. DOWNING.STREET, JULY 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward John Eyre, Esq. (now Lieutenant-Governor) to be Captain- General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the island of Jamaica and the territories depending thereon. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette:— Wm. Wisenden, painter, Rochester Wtn. Jones, engineer, Bethnal-green-road Nathaniel W. Westwood, ham dealer, Lnpas-street, Pimlico George Fox, gasfitter, Liverpool Aaron Hobson, builder, Birkenhead John Hoare, shoemaker, Bideford William Lobley, commercial traveller, Leeds William Hadley, farmer, Handsworth, Staffordshire Thomas R. Hyde, tailor, Nottingham John Stokes, grocer, Nottingham Joseph H, Venables, ironmonger, Whitchurch, Salop Edward Harley, baker, Whitecroas-street Francis Masters, linendraper, Knightsbridge Alexander Rove, grocer, Clerkeuwell Daniel J. English, ship chandler, Chatham Wm. S. Ilanny, watch maker, Shrewsbury Thomas Sage, jun., mason, Chawloigh John BouQteau, timber merchant, Cardewlees Thomas Dean. grocer, Padiham, Lancashire James Booth, painter, Little Bolton, Lancashire Joseph Wilkinson, cabinetmaker, Allerton, Bradford George Tomkins, builder, Hertford William Thomas, dealer, Falmouth Charles E. Farley, wheelwright, Steyning, Sussex Edward J. Kerridge, candle maker, Battersea George Pratt, general dealer, Lamb's Conduit-passage, Holborn John Harlow, grease manufacturer, Clayton John Jarman, commercial traveller, Birmingham James King Norton, brewer, Salisbury Richard tickers, ironmonger, Wolverhampton John M. T. Kingdom, law clerk, Oxford-terrace, Old Kent-road Thomas Baynton, nurseryman, Perge SCOTCH VANKRUPTS. A3exander Aiorton, engineer, Arbroat l ). J. and T. Newton, grain merchants, Greenock hire Thomas Inglis, farmer, Carrick s t one , Dumbart"fi POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 4s 6d to 6s Od each • goslings, 3s Od to 4s; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od; rabbits, is Od to is Gd each; wild do., 8d to is Od ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 10d each; Surrey fowls, lOs Od to IGs Od ; chickens, 6s Od to 12s Od ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to Gs Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasams, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Od each • guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting p i g s, Os Od to Os 01 each; Ostend fresh butter, lid to is 01 ; English, is Od to is I d per lb ; English eggs, 78 Od to 7s 6d ; French do., 5s 9d to 7s Od per 100; leverets, 2s Od to 4s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os 9d to is Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate,. sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb • turbots, 4s Od to 12s •~ cod, Os Od to Os Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od; doreys, 2s Od to 2s ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d; lobsters, is to 3s Od • crabs, 6d to 5s Od ; plaice and pullets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair ; Common oysters, 12s to 18s ; natives, 64s to 70e ce,r bush.; whitings, Is Od to 2s ; haddocks, 12s to 18s ; melts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 50s to —s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Oa to Os per 100 ; oarp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. .• _ Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s Od; veal, 38 8d to 4sBd ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s Od ; veal, 33 8d to 49 8d ; and pork, 344 d to 4s 6d per bibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6id to 7d; of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, ,21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 41id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4(1 to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, —d to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b to —d. Horse hides, 108 Od to 12s Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Gd to 4s Od.; fall, 8s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half••breds, —s Od to —s Od ; Downs, —s Od to —s Od; lambs, 3s Od to 5s Od; sheadings, 2s 6d to 3s Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITEEFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 10s Od ; new do., £2 to £4; old clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to lOs per load. Trade firm. CIIMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 10s • new do., £2 to £4 ; old dove!, £ 4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and etraw, 4s to £1 lOs per load. A steady sale. WHITECFIAPEL —Old meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 10s; new do., £2 to £4 ; old clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, Si 41 to X 1 lOs per load. Au aotive demand. 5 subs. Mrllie's Hesper, 6 yrs, 9st 101 b.. (Ashmall) 1 Mr Scott's Holkar, 2 yrs, 6st 21b Mr Noble's Hopeless (h b), 4 yrs, 7st 10lb ..(Goodhall) 3 Mr Griffith's Puss, 5 yrs, 7st Slb (J. Foster) 4 Betting-5 to 2on Hesper and 4to 1 agst Holkar. The favourite jumped off with the lead, made the whole of the running, and won in a canter by two lengths ; three lengths between the second and third; Puss was a bad fourth. The Bickerstaffe Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, St 71b; certain penalties and allow• ances. 1 mile. 5 sub?. Mr W. S. Cartwright's Ely, Set 101 b .... (A. Edwards) 1 Mr Bowes's llarkforwerd, Bst 41b (Snowden) 2 Betting-7 to 2on Ely, who waited upon Harkforward to the enclosure, where he came away and won easily by a length. The Liverpool Cup, value 200 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft. Two miles, 52 subs, 31 of whom paid 5 sovs each. Mr G. Rigby's Black Deer, 4 yrs', 7st 21b (Perry) 1 Mr W. H. Scott's Stanton, 6 yrs, 7st 21b.... (C rens h aw) 2 Mr R. Kelso's Farnh a m, 3 yrs, Sat 111 b (Morden) 3 Tho Clown was struck out at 2 20 this afternoon. Crenshaw weighed for Ghillie Callum and E. Taylor for Stanton, but upon the receipt of a telegram at 2 45 to the effect that the Ghillie was struck out in London, Crenshaw was transferred to Stanton. Betting-5 to on 2on Black Deer, and 3to 1 ar,st Stan on. Farnham lying wide on the right made play, followed by Black Deer and Stanton to the stable turn, when the former bolted, leaving the issue with the two. The favourite, with Stanton in close attendance, went on with the running to the enclosure, where Black Deer drew away and won, but not easily, by three parts of a length. On returning to scale Cranshaw made an objection against the winner on the ground of a cross, which was overruled by the stewards. The Knowsley Stakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 61b ; winning penalties and maiden allowances, T.Y.C. 20 subs. Mr Wintringham's Nothing More (Burnley) 1 Mr J. Osborne's Sp r i ng G un (Challoner) 2 Mr C. Peck's, jun., Exceller (E. Harrison) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Spring Gun, who made running to the enclosure, where be was headed by Nothing More and beaten by a neck; three lengths between the second and third. A Selling Race of 5 sous each ; for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. T.Y.C. Mr Wadlow us. Cherry Hill, 3 yrs, 7st Slb (30 sous) (Tomlinson) w. o. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles. Mr Scott's Stanton, 6 yrs .. (Edwards) 1 Mr PAnson's Caller Ou (Challoner) 2 Betting-20 to lon Caller Ou, who waited upon Stan ton to the distance, when she got her head in advance, but at the stand Edwards brought up the non-•favourite and won a fine racy in the last stride by a head. STAMFORD RACES-FRIDAY. The Fifth Wothorpe Biennial Stakes of 10 says each, with 50:added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; the second to save his stake; the winner of this race in 1863, 51b extra; allowances. One mile and a quarter. 18 subs. Mr Craven's Young Rapid, Bst 101 b (J. Goater) w.o. The Milton Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, fur 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. T.Y.C., about three quar ters of a mile. 10 subs. Count Batthyany's King Charming, Bst 101 b (Custance) w.o. The Clifden Cup (Handicap), value 200 sovs, by subscrip• tion of 10 sovs each, with 100 added ; winners extra ; . , weights not to be accumulative; three quarters of a mile, -- - 29 subs. Mr Cherry's Birdfinder, 4 yrs, 7st (J. Grimshaw) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Erin-go-Ersgh, 4 yrs. 7st (Morris) 2 Mr Savile's Clairvoyante, 3 yrs, bat 111 b .. (W. Sharpe) 3 The following also ran :—Welland, Black Lily, Colum bia, Dirt Cheap, Brindisi, Amelia, Microscope, Black Rock, Quicksand, and Walloon. Betting-5 to 2 agst Welland, 4to 1 each agst Birdfinder and Erin-go-Bragh, 10 to 1 ags Walloon, 100 to 8 each agst Brindisi, Clairvoyante, and Black Rock. After several false starts they were despatched fairly, Birdfinder and Walloon being the first to show in advance. The latter, however, soon gave way to Erin-go-Bragh, Clairvoyante, Black Lily, and Micro: cope, who, with Bird finder, formed the front rank to the finish, Mr Cherry's horse winning easily by three lengths ; three quarters of a length between the second and third. Microscope, 'Welland, Quicksand, and Brindisi were next, and Bieck Rock brought up the rear. The Stamford Cap, value 100 sovs, by subscription of 10 soya each; three-yr-olds, 7st 71b ; four, 9at; five, 9st 71b; six and aged, Oat 101 b; mares allowed 41b and geldings 71b; certain winners extra. Three miles. 17 subs. Mr Craven's Young Rapid, 3 yro, let 71b (T. French) 1 Lord St. Vincent's The Little Stag, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr Savile's Harlequin, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (Fordham) 3 Betting--6 to 5 agst Young Rapid, sto 4 apt The Little Stag. Young Rapid made play, with Harlequin next, till within a mile of home, where Harlequin dropped into the rear, In the straight The Little Stag joined Young Rapid, whom he passed at the half distance, but Grimshaw's stirrup leather breaking, Mr Craven's horse, struggling with great gameness, got up 50 yards from the chair and won by half a length ; Harlequin a bad third. The Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, for all ages. T.Y.C. Mr W. Morris's Lady Abbess, 4 yrs, Bst Glb (Custance) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Deception, 4 yrs, Set.... (Morgan) 2 Mt Samuel's Roodee, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b (Morris) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Lady Abbess, 11 to 8 agst Decep tion. Roodee made play after going a few strides, but gave way at the distance to Lady Abbess and Deception, the favourite winning cleverly by a length; a bad third. The Sixth Wothorpe Biennial Stakes of 10 scvs each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; untrieds allowed 31b; second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 21 subs. fluke of Bcaufort's Siberia, Bst 71b Count Betthyany's King Charming, Bst 10Ib (Castance) 2 Mr Sutton's Jezebel, Bst 71b..„ (Thomas) 3 Mr Savile's Spice, Bst 71b Lord St. Vincent's Olive, Bst 7tb (J. Osborne) 5 Betting-6 to 4on King Charming, 3to 1 agst Jeze bel, 6 to 1 agst Spice, 100 to 8 agst Olive, 20 to 1 agst Siberia. The three placed lay in front ali the way, Siberia winning by a length; three lengths between the second and third ; the other two beaten off. At the scale, Custanee objected to the race, on the ground that the horses had started a furlong behind the proper course. The stewards at once entered into the matter, but they refused to disturb the de cision of the judge. A Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; weight for age, with selling allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr Samuel's Roodee, 3 yrs, 7st 51b, £3O . (Morris) 1 Mr G. Payne's Tomfoolery, 3 yrs, 7st 71b, £3O (li. Grimshaw) 2 Captain Coventry's Damascus, 6 yrs, Bst 51b, £3O _ _ . ' (Custance) 3 The following also ran :—Virtuous, Village Belle, and Signal. Betting --6 to 4on Damascus, 4to 1 agst Virtuous, 6to agst Tomfoolery. ... _ Tomfoolery was first off, but after going a few strides, Roodee came out and won by half a length; a similar dis tance between second and third ; Virtuous was fourth, and the other two beaten a long way. Match, 50, h ft. Straight mile. Mr W. G. Craven's Little Savage, 3 yrs, Sst , l_2lb _ _ Goater) 1 Captain Little's Lady Maud, 3 yrs, Bst (J. French) 2 Betting-6 to lon Little Savage, who won by three parts of a length. The Ketton Stakes of 50 sovs, h ft, for three 3r-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Sat 71b; certain winners extra; allow ances; each subscriber to name two, one to the post. Once round and a distance ) Omit one mile and a half. 6 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Birch Broom, Bst 10Ib(J. Goater)w.o. THE VALUABLE HERBARIUM OF YORKSHIRE PLANTS in the charge of Mr J. B. Baker, the author of the " Flora of North Yorkshire," we regret to observe from an announcement in yesterday's number of the Chemist and Druggist, was totally destroyed in the recent great fire at Thirsk. The loss cannot be replaced without many years of labour. DIE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT EASTERN RAlL WAY.—Yesterday morning Mr Codd, coroner for Essex, opened an inquest at Harwich respecting the death of Wm. Wright, a fireman, who was killed on Wednesday through the upsetting of a train on the Harwich line. Evidence was given confirmatory of the facts which have already been published. John Carr, the driver of the en gino, which was a new one, could not give any reason for the engine leaving the line. When ho found that it was off the rails he shut off the steam, and did his best to stop, but the engine continued its course for 60 or 70 yards, and then fell down the embankment. lie was only proceeding at the rate of about 25 miles an hour. A platelayer, who had worked for coven years on this branch, deposed that he saw the train in question for about 100 yards before the accident occurred, and noticed that it was travelling at a greater speed than he had ever seen a train on this line before. He was so struck with this that he remarked to his mate that the engine woull be off the rails, After the produc tion of some other evidence the inquiry was adjourned for a week. 481 9 8 139 i 40 159 8 9 712 701 114 19 I 73 104 6 46 117 i 2 1 52 161 1: I 652 2 5 1131 14 138 a a 7a 25 109 £1 91 94 3k Course of the Exchange.—yesterday. Amsterdam ]Ditto Rotterdam 3 Month!, 12 ° t 12 01 Antwerp .__ 12 Ot 1 2 ~ 25 57± 2 ,.., ut Brim:43le 25 57 ..,-',. 65 -- Hambargh - •) I c 3 8 i 3 Paris 2 6 8 2 5 4 ; Ditto Marseille s Frankfort o ' n . l‘l ". a . in . ::: ---. 25 60 2 5 65 1191 25 65 Vienna Trieste .. . ........ - • . 11 82i Peteraburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz '4 48 1 4Sla Leghorn ...• .. Milan .... Genoa Naples • Palermo . Messina .... 0p0rt0.... Li5b0n....... 25 g2f 25 i37i 25 7! 25 72 25 67i 2 5 72! 2,5 67± 25 74 25 G7l 25 7' 2.5 671 25 7.:j 51 514 51k 62 INDUSTRIAL AND PROVID7NT SOCIETIES.—The annual return of registered Industrial and Provident Societies in England shows that there were in 1863 451 societies, and 381 have made a return of the state of their affairs. At the end of the year these 381 societies had 108,588 members, an increase of above 11,000 in the course of the year. The amount of share capital % vas £573,582, and loan capital £73,545. They paid yearly £ 32,078 interes t. They paid £3,370,153 for goods bought, and received £2,626,741 for goods sold. They realised a profit of 1 2213,623. The year's expenses amounted to £176,554. The returns include the accounts of the groat co-operativz stores in the North, with their £lO,OOO, £15,000, I;2o,ooo—even £40,000 capital. The Co-cperative Cott on S p innin g Association at Mitchell Hey Mills, Rochdal e, returns it s number of mem bers at 1,617 ; its share capital;£77,sll ; goods bought in the year, £93,539: sales, £110,0`97; profit realised, £7,303; expenses, £17,104.